My thoughts exactly, if you think about it, who are these people and what have they done to be in the position they are? Nothing, they were just lucky

I think this is just the second situation in life where luck plays a part, definitelly, where, when and from whom you are born plays a very important role in how your life would be and is simply decided by luck . This is why I think there should be some kind of law to forbid inheritance, this way the race would be more fair...

The only other thing that comes to my mind that is (most of the time) decided by luck is the lottery and you still have to buy the ticket!

I think the point was that you do not need to be filthy rich to be happy.

Filthy is a relative term and loaded with preconceptions.

Association of wealth with immorality has been around with us for a long time.

What may be "enough" money for you may not be enough for someone else. And someone might say that you are filthy rich too.

I have yet to come across ordinary people who WANT to be poor. The ones I read about are intensely religious people who become monks or ascetics. Even then, they seem to find an institution or place where their everyday needs are taken care of by somebody else, usually by means of donations by filthy rich people.